Stranded onion vendors at the Benin border are urgently appealing for President Akufo-Addo's intervention to facilitate the border's reopening, allowing them entry into Ghana.

In response to the recent coup in Niger, the Benin border has been closed, leaving these onion traders, who arrived with approximately 15 trucks, in a state of uncertainty at the border.

The concerned group of onion sellers is alarmed by the possibility of their onion cargo spoiling if swift action is not taken. They are urging President Akufo-Addo to engage with authorities at the Benin border to resolve the situation.

During an interview on Eyewitness News, the spokesperson for the onion sellers association, Yakubu Akpeneda said, “We have loaded onions from Niger, and they have parked at the Benin border, they are now in Benin, but the border has been locked. They said they locked the border because of the Niger coup. On August 2, they promised to open the border at midnight, but we didn’t hear anything.”

“We are calling on the authorities to intervene in the matter, else the onions will rot if they keep long on the road. The authorities should help us by talking to authorities in Benin to open the border for us to bring our onions to Ghana. Our trucks are plenty, the trucks are more than 15. And they are all carrying onions”.

He indicated that the situation will affect the prices of onions in the various markets.

“The situation will have an impact on prices of onions in the various markets”.